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Welcome to the Department of History

The history department is a long-standing, vital and integral part of Catholic University.

It offers a superb undergraduate and graduate education, combining the intimacy of a liberal arts college with the rigor of a research university. The undergraduate major culminates in small intensive seminars and in original research; where possible connections are made to Washington, DC, as a central location for U.S. and international history and as a city rich in research opportunities. The city of Washington provides endless options for internships – in government, museums, businesses, law firms and not-for-profit organizations – and history department alumni have pursued careers in all of these areas after graduating from the university.

Graduate education is concentrated in the following fields: medieval and modern Europe, U.S. and Latin America. The history department’s distinguished faculty members have won grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Academy in Berlin and the Humboldt Foundation. For their record of publications and teaching please consult their individual profiles in the faculty section of this website. Washington, DC is an outstanding city for graduate research, starting with the Library of Congress and including the Folger Shakespeare Library, the National Archives and Dumbarton Oaks. A consortium links CUA to the many other DC-area universities. The department has an impressive record of job placement for alumni of its masters and Ph.D. programs.

Questions should be directed either to the department administrator, Ramon Sola (solar@cua.edu), to the undergraduate advisor Michael Kimmage (kimmage@cua.edu), to the graduate advisor Steve West (wests@cua.edu) or to the department chair, Jerry Muller (mullerj@cua.edu).

The department is located in Father O'Connell Hall.  The phone number is: (202) 319-5484.  The mailing address is:

Catholic University of America
Department of History
620 Michigan Ave., NE
101 Father O'Connell Hall
Washington, DC 20064

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations!

To Brett Kline, winner of the 2011 Zeender Prize for the best senior thesis in history.

To Julie Yarwood, winner of the new Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award.

To our new Ph.D.s, Hanael Bianchi and Stephanie Richmond; our new M.A.s, Stephanie Campbell, Amanda Daxon, and Julie Yarwood; and to the 38 seniors graduating with majors in history.